1.11.2008

Reality and Literature

“Immortality is the enemy of eternity. The eternal in Keats is made up of moments “without identity,” and as the words themselves point out, they have no owner.” (48)

“Literature is in decline, but not because of an approach to reality by man. (...) The phenomenon obeys other reasons. The educational disaster afflicting most countries, the rise of superficiality occasioned by modern means of communication, the technological mood ruling the world today.” (76)